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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Indian takes to all-weather

Fri 22nd Feb 2013, 18:36

Indian Landing wins wellIndian Landing wins well
© Photo Healy Racing

Indian Landing bounced back to form when make his first start on the all-weather at Dundalk a winning one in the opener tonight.

Tracey Collins' charge had slipped a few pounds in the handicap after some uninspiring efforts last summer and had been dropped a further 10lb since his last appearance at the Curragh last October.

He attracted support this morning from 14/1 into 6/1 and was returned a 7/1 shot on course.

Pat Smullen settled his mount behind the leaders in the seven-furlong contest before angling out at the two furlong pole.

The Barathea gelding hit the front at the furlong pole and stayed on strongly in the closing stages to post a two-and-a-half length victory.

4/1 favourite Black N Brew came through to be best of the rest.

“I'm delighted with that. He's handled the surface which I didn't think he would,” said Collins.

“It opens another door for him as all his good runs before have been on heavy ground and I really didn't think he'd handle it here.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
7/1
Tote €10.20 €3.40
2nd
2.5L
4/1Fav
€1.50
3rd
nk
10/1
€4.80
4th
shd
8/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.